The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-01-06
Daily Observations!

a success III every way. line Inst
tute closed early last evening, to perm
the attendants to go to other places {
entertainment. At .Tenes Hall, the el
tertainment for the benefit of the Presb.
terian Church. was largely attended, an
one of the best given in Jackson. "Mr
Jarley's Wax Works" were immens,
Miss Jessie Bum as Mrs. farley, gav
one of the finest pieces of acting eve
saen here. All the "wax figures were s
exceliently gotten up that it would b
hard to particularize. Among the bes
were those by Johnny Jones (orator
Miss Ida Hanna Singing figure), Herb
Sternberger (bandiD, Art. Monahal
George Washington) and others. Th
fan drill was nice, but the young ladie
were somewhat unstrung by what cam,
near being serious accident behind tn,
scenes Miss Katie Davis, while stand
ing near the hot stole, had her dress catct
fire, and it was burning quite freely when
some of the young gentlemen came to heI
rescue. Miss Nettie Chestnut sang
beautiful selection, some of the small
boys laughed at the setting of the scenery.
Miss Emma Jones also sang a pretty Sc
lection. Altogether, it was grand thing.
-. Prof. Kinnison, the new Superin'
tendent, has selected the following as his
cabinet, in the school: Assistant Super
intendent, T. s. Vaughn; Secretary, Hugh
Williams; Assistant Secretary, J. s. Ba-
ker; Treasurer, J. W. Miller; Chorister,
w. Nj. Johnson; Librarians, Mr.. and Mrs,
WIN Kitchen; Organists. Jennie Aten
and Emma Henson. Rev. Shepherd,
formerly of Deyer Valley, is here tonight
with his bride Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gilli-
land are also here. IA pleasant little
party was given at the residence of Mr..
and Mrs. Quirk, on Bridge street, tonight,
in honor of Miss Prendergast, of Chilli
cothe, who is visiting here ..... The ses-
sion of the Institute tonight was held at
the Crescent Rink, where able papers
were read by Hon. Irvine DUNCAN and
Prof Kinnison. The session was profit
able one, closing up with a walk-around
social.
THURsDAY-A tremendous attendance
at the Institute to-day, and a great inter-
est manifested. The afternoon session
had to be held in the Rink. At both the
afternoon and evening sessions the gym
nastic exercises attracted great attention.
The lecture by John T. Moore, in the
evening, was one of his happiest efforts,
and well received. Possibly Mr.. Moore's
popularity on this occasion was caused by
the style he put on before the ladies.
"Why," said one little fellow, "just look
how sleek Mr.. Moore has his hair combedF'
..... Mrs. Owens, who called to-day in
formed us of the death of her sister, Mrs.
David Nichols, which occurred some
days ago. Mrs Nichols was daughter
of A. J. Cummins Some young men
tried to have d drayload of fun to-day by
setting off Il lot of fire-crackers near a
dray-llorse to frighten him. They reused
the horse up. all right, but they reused
up Marshal Martin, too, and those young
sters made themselves scarce. ..... Uncle
Alex. Poor is in town to-day, bright and
happy, and looking as though he would
enjoy happy New Year. Armp
stead Scurlock Esq, is in to-day, looking
for a teacher for the School in the Hale
district. Miss Lizzie Stevenson formerly
taught this School, and gave good salts
faction, but secured more lucrative sit
uation elsewhere, and closed with her
first term. ohm G.. Stevenson, of
Liberty, called to-day. y..... w. J. Kirken-
dali is In town. w. A. Persons, an
old teacher, is in town to-day.
FRIDAY.-This has been a big day in
the Institute The afternoon session was
held at the Rink. and there was a large
attendance. In the evening the great
building was packed full, and the exer-
cises were highly entertaining. MIR. j. L.
Jones was not present to take his place
upon the progromme. though the great
crowd would have gladly heard him.
The reading by '.the Kid Teacher" Alvin
McComb, was excellent, while the read
ing by Miss Maggie Evans was of the
first class. No grander treat was given
than the duett between Miss Name Will |
1iams, soprano, and Miss Carrie Henson, |
alto. Our old friend Squire Moore read
an original poem, in his usual style of ex-
cellence, and made reference therein to
his new grand-child, which recently ar
rived at the home of his daughter, Lizzie |
Douglass, in Waverly. Mrs. Jarley Miss
Jessie Bunn) appeared, with her wax
works show. There was one inconsistent
cy noticeable in this lady playing the
part of Mrs. Jarley-that is that the
young men of this country would see as
pretty a woman as that travelling around
with a lot of wax dummies. There were
some truthful representations, however,
as for instance Harbarger as Geo. Wash
ington. Harbarger will tell the truth, !
and he is not like some of the modern
WashingtOns-ma the truth he tells. |
The wax work show was a big thing. |
Then what treat was that grand piano
duett, by Misses Adele Matthews and Al
ice Jones. Sheriff Lively sang solo,
with a chorus refrain from behind the
scenes, that was very pleasing. Mr.. Live
ly is one of our very best singers. Miss
Minnie Farrar sang pretty Pond Lily"
prettily, and elected great applause. Mrs.
Bently-always favorite-sang d beauti-
full song. Harbarger read parody on
'The Better Land" In comic reading,
Harbarger is truly immense. He is one
tutes. Speelman read comic piece.
Judge Longbon's poem on slang" was a
very happy effort, and brought down the
house, A splendid lecture by Prof. Og-
den, on Books, and How to Read Them"
closed the evenings exercises. The whole
session of the Institute, throughout, was
highly successful and satisfactory, fact
that is largely due to the executive COM
mittee, Messrs. Ridenour, Patterson and
Steward. 1t was necessary to incur an
unusual expense in hiring the large Rink
building, in order to accommodate the i'm
mense crowds, yet there was deficit of
some seven dollars to make up, and had